take issue

English

Verb

take issue with (third-person singular simple present takes issue with, present participle taking issue with, simple past took issue with, past participle taken issue with)

1. To disagree with something, and to raise objections to it

Usage notes

• Sometimes conflated with "to have issues," thus forming "to have issue [with]"

Synonyms

• take issue to, call into question,

Translations

to disagree with s.th., and to raise objections to it

German: überhaupt nicht einverstanden sein mit etwas, Widerspruch erheben gegen etwas, Einwände erheben gegen etwas

See also

• take exception to